Alumni in the News

Rana Sen, a 1999 PhD graduate from the CBPD, is a managing director at Deloitte US where he leads their smart city initiative and the US state/local transportation practice and smart city work globally.

Applications for the 2019 Gindroz Prize for Travel are now open. Interested applicants should plan to attend this weekend’s upcoming events to learn more about the award, application requirements, and previous winners.

Master of Urban Design student Rebecca Lefkowitz will showcase the results of her international travel in the Gindroz Travel Prize Exhibition this Friday and Saturday, November 16-17 in the College of Fine Arts’ Kerr Conference Room.

The work of SoA Associate Studio Professor Jonathan Kline, and his partner and fellow-alumnus Christine Brill, recently profiled by University Advancement. Kline and Brill are earning praise for their design work around Pittsburgh, such as the new Superior Motors restaurant in Braddock.

This week Assistant Professor Daniel Cardoso Llach exhibits at the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery in Vancouver two interactive installations from the ‘Archaeology of CAD’ project, which examines the origins of Computer-Aided Design by reconstructing some of its pioneering technologies.

The Senyai Thai Kitchen project designed and executed by a team of Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture faculty and students was awarded The American Architecture Prize 2017 in the Commercial Interior design category.

Alum Carolina Tamayo (B.Arch '17) recently unveiled a set of new tables which she designed for the SoA’s dFAB Lab. The design and production of these pieces was made possible through the Burdett Assistantship, which Carolina was awarded as part of the 2016 Fourth Year Design Awards.

2016 Delbert Highlands Travel Fellowship award winner Louisa Jáuregui studied the history and culture of the allotment gardens in Leipzig, Germany. Applications for the next round of funding due 31 Oct at 5:00pm EST.

Join us Monday, 2 October for My Architecture: A Discussion on Architectural Careers in the Creative Arts featuring a panel discussion on the diversity of career trajectories possible following the powerful experience and foundation of an architectural education; reception to follow.

Recent School of Architecture graduate Sophie Riedel curated and contributed work to the exhibition Petrochemical America: From Cancer Alley to Toxic Valley as a continuation of her senior thesis project.

Recent Delbert Highlands Travel Fellowship award winner Louisa Jáuregui will present her project A German Paradigm for Reexamining Residual Urban Spaces during the School of Architecture First Day Assembly on Monday, 28 August 2017. The project will be exhibited during the all-school BBQ following the First Day Assembly. The events are open to all SoA faculty, students, alumni, and staff.

Scholarship & Fellowship Opportunities for Alumni

Mission: The Delbert Highlands Travel Fellowship supports School of Architecture alumni in the study of collections belonging to locales to promote the professional development of awardees and contribute to the richness of our surroundings.

Award: Single award in the amount of $12,000

Eligibility: This award is open to alumni of the School of Architecture. Students in the final year of their studies may apply provided that they will have graduated by the time they would receive the award. Awardees cannot be enrolled in an educational institution during the period of travel.